Fuzhou Introduces Bus Safety Officer Management System

Recently, the Fuzhou Municipal Transportation Commission of Fujian Province issued the “Regulations for the Use of Counter-Terrorism Safety Officers (Spot) in the Public Transport Sector of Fuzhou District” and the “Management System for the Use of Counter-Terrorism Safety Officers (Associated Vehicles) in the Public Transport Industry of Fuzhou District” to specify the vehicles. Conditions of security, job responsibilities, incentives, and penalties for security officers and designated security officers.

The two systems are clear. The job of the security officer is to focus on checking suspicious persons and suspicious items, and to prevent passengers from carrying dangerous goods on board. At the same time, it is required that the security officer should have a security guard certificate; the relevant business training organized by the security practitioner unit must be accepted before taking up the job, and he must possess certain anti-terrorism business knowledge and emergency handling capabilities; he must not be allowed to leave the post, off the job, or be absent from his duties; During the course of duty, loud noises, chats, eating, smoking, or drinking alcohol, etc., must not gossip with irrelevant personnel and must not engage in matters unrelated to work.